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UNITED STATES )ATENT OFFICE.

i'LYssEs oAssADr, or isniAmeoLis, isnt-xxi.

SPLICE-B AR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .my 7, s

Application leii August 23. 1907. Serial No. 389,882.

diinnipolis, in the ceunt ol' )hu'ion and Stute t of indiana, have invented new and uset'ul linprovenivnts in Si'ilicv-lhirs, of which tlielolt thv ruil lois been placed therein iind the bolts owing is u specification.

This invention relates to ruil joints :ind one f of tbe principnl objects of the saine is to pi'o vide strong, durable und efiicient menus for unitingY the ineetinglnds of railway rnils to prevent sinking :it tliejoints and to also preventv creeping und spreading ol thv i'iiifs.

saune to thv ties nud to provide :ingle iron -splice liars which engnge @it their outer edgesl g j under the trend in Fig.

lugs formed ou the rail chairs. sind splice bars heilig firml bolted to the webs of the rnils,

These and other objects inziy be zittninvd by means of the construction illustrated in j thv nccoinpiinying druwing, in which Figure l isn perspective viewof a riiil joint ci nstructeo in accordiincewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the rail at the end of thv splice bar and chair. Fig. 3 is n similar View ot' the parts assembled before thv nuts nre npplied tothe bolts which poss through the webs of thv rails und through the vertical flanges of thv splice bnrs.

Referring to the drawing for ii more specific description of my invention. thv nuineml l designates the meeting ends of a pair of ruilvrny rails oi the usual construction, and 2 are the cross ties which muy also be ol' thv usual or any preferred construction.

Extending across the ties 2 is a rail chair 3, Said rail chair having outwardly extending flanges 4, which rest on top of the ties 2 and said flanges are provided with bolt holes through which th" anchoring bolts 5 pass, said bolts extending through the ties with their heads located underneath the ties and said bolts heilig fitted with nuts 6 upon their upper ends for firmly seating the chair to the ties.

As shown in the drawing, the chair extends across three ties, but it will be understood that under certain conditions` the joint in the. riiils may be located between two ties und the chair will extend ocross said two ties only. The chair 3 is provided with upwardly und inwardly extending lugs 7.

' Angle iron splice bars 8 whicheonloiinsnbstantially to tho length of the chuir 3, art- 1 fitted to the opposite sides of the mils, said tion of the buse flange of thc ruil ant Another object of the invention is to pro- I' portion of said iiiil. but uhcn the nuts l2 are vidi-i1 riiil choir und means for anchoring thv spline bars having n flange 9 which rests upon the topol' the hase lhingvof the rail and a vertical lhinge ttl provided with bolt holes which register with the t,oli holes in the webs of the mils. The flanges t! oithe splice bars are cizgnged under thv lugs T ol the chnirafter l! :ire passed through the holt holes in the splice bnrs nud webs ol' the rnils.

lpon reference to Fig. It, it will be seen that normallythe splice hars S do not exactly couloini to the slnipv oi the ii )per poxllthv web applied to thi bolts It :ind tightened up the lhingvs l() ure forced against the vb porions of the ruils with their upper ends bearing portions ofthe mils, nsshown From the-'foregoing it will be obvious that when tliernil ends are secured together by means ofttbe splice bars und the chair, as shown in Figs. l und L. the rails will not creep. s ireiid'er sink at the lioints and thus a uniterial saving in lixbor is attained.

)ly invention is comparatively simple in construction, the ports :ire cosy to assemble, spel-inl tools are not required und the mils will be firmly held in I)lace against movement in any direction.

lhiving thus described the invention, what is claimed ns new,is:-

ln n mil `ioint, the combination of :trail chair hnving upwardly und inwardly extending lugs, und ii base )ortion to support the buse thinge of the rails, said rail chair being secured by' nnchor bolts to the cross ties, in combination willi :ingle iron splice bars having outwardly extending flanges to engave the lugs of the chair and formed to fit closey to the top of the base tlange of/the rails, and upwardly extending flanges which normali extend a slight distance away from the we portions of the mils and formed with plane inner surfaces to fit snugly against the webs nuts applied to sind bolts to force the flanges against the web .portions of the riiils, substnntially :is described.

ln testimoni' whereof I utlix my signature in presence ol' two witnesses.

l i'i,i'ssi;s o. cAssADY.

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lCuwAiio Liuto, Jolis E. toLoi-m. 

